Municipality Šentrupert, which is part of the Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistical region, measures 49 km2; this ranks it 135th among Slovene municipalities.
Statistical data for 2021 reveal the following:
In the middle of 2021 about 2,940 people (about 1,720 men and 1,220 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Šentrupert 158th among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 60 people per square kilometre, which was lower than the national average of 104 people per square kilometre.
The number of live births was lower than the number of deaths, which means that natural increase per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was -2.0 (in Slovenia -2.0). The number of people who moved from the municipality was lower than the number of people who moved into the municipality, so net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 13.6. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 11.6 (in Slovenia -0.9).
The mean age of people in Šentrupert was 42.5 years, which was lower than the national average (43.8).
As in most Slovene municipalities, in Šentrupert the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 126 people, aged 65 or more, per 100 people aged 0–14. This ratio shows that the value of the ageing index was lower than the national average of 139. It also shows that the mean age of people in Šentrupert is growing more slowly than in Slovenia as a whole. Data by sex show that the ageing index for women was in all municipalities except in five (Črna na Koroškem, Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Jezersko, Loški Potok in Mislinja) higher than the ageing index for men. In Šentrupert – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; for men the situation was the same.
Šentrupert had 1 kindergarten, which was attended by 115 children. Of all children in the municipality aged 1–5, 89% were included in kindergartens, which was more than the national average of 81%. In the school year 2021/22 elementary school in Šentrupert was attended by about 200 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 120 pupils. There were 30 students and 8 graduates per 1,000 people in the municipality; in Slovenia the averages were 39 per 1,000 and 8 per 1,000, respectively.
Among people aged 15–64 (i.e. working age population) about 58% were persons in employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self-employed persons), which is less than the national average (67%).
In Šentrupert, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 1% higher than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; net earnings were about 1% higher.
Among 1,000 inhabitants in the municipality, 549 had a passenger car. The car was on average 11 years old.
In 2021, 241 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Šentrupert, which is 124 kg less than on average in Slovenia.